The New York Times spent three years printing classified secrets and calling it journalism.
He partnered with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to build something no defense secretary has ever had – and the people who have been talking to reporters are about to wish they hadn’t.
Effective immediately, the Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel has full authority to request and receive every record, every communication, every file across the entire Department of War tied to media leak investigations.
Every department component.
Every Pentagon employee.
They now have 48 hours to respond – completely – to any OGC request.
That’s not a policy adjustment.
That’s a dragnet.